A/n: Thanks again for the reviews and sorry again for taking sooooo long to update, I've had the worst writer's block. Forgive me, pweazzzz? I'll make up for it!

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You gulp but are ecstatic inside. He loves you? Yippee!

"Me?" you ask, innocently blinking, trying not to let the blood rush to your face.

"Yes, ye, who do ye think I was talkin' to?" he says and holds your chin in his hand. His chocolate eyes sparkle. You smile.

"I…I love you too, Jack," you answer. His face lights up completely and he kisses you just like before, his lips perfectly matched to yours, rough but soft, and oh so nice. He loves you! This feeling of happiness overwhelms you.

"Think we should tell Elizabeth and Will?" you ask.

"They've been tryin' to get us t'gether the whole time, 'aven't they?" Jack asks. You smile and nod. He rolls his eyes as if to say 'Figures.' You grab his hand and bring him to where Elizabeth and Will are with Anna-Maria. Will smiles and Elizabeth begs you for all the details, Anna-Maria still hasn't awoken and you feel a kind of worry. What if this had been too much for her?

"When do you think she'll wake up?" you ask Elizabeth, Jack still holding your hand while chatting with Will.

"Oh, she'll be alive and well by tomorrow," Elizabeth assures you. You smile as Anna-Maria and wonder if she can hear your conversation.

"Aye, I better be goin' ta steer this ship, those scallywags up deck don't know a thing about me ship," Jack says and kisses you goodbye as he heads up. You smile. Will looks rather unpleased though.

"What's wrong, Will, dear?" Elizabeth asks him. Will hardly fakes a smile at her. She seems to accept it though.

"Nothing, Elizabeth, I just feel a bit sick," he excuses himself and leaves. Elizabeth sighs.

"He's been acting like that for a few days now, I wonder why," Elizabeth says thoughtfully.

"Are you going to be able to take care of Anna-Maria by yourself?" you ask.

"Yes, you can go off with Jack," she says. You head up to deck and stare out at the ocean, worrying about Will and Jack's friendship and how you'll change the dynamics of it. Will comes up and leans on the railing of the ship with you. You look at him as Isle de Muerta comes into view.

"What's wrong, Will?" you ask. He avoids your gaze.

"Something has changed between Elizabeth and I" he explains.

"Like what?" you turn and wave to Jack casually as he stares at you and Will from the top deck. Will looks back and sees Jack too.

"Like this feeling that I get whenever I'm around you" he says quietly. You look at him and then back to Jack.

"If you're asking for something more Will, I can't, I love Jack, and you love Elizabeth," you say and watch the island come closer and closer.

"I know, and yet I don't," he says poetically. You sigh.

"Will… do whatever's in your heart, it's sure to lead you in the right direction," you say, sounding a lot like a very wise person. He nods.

"Then, I'll leave Elizabeth," he says, still staring down at the water splashing against the ship. You're drawn back by the openness of his statement. How can he leave her after how long they've been together?

"If you can say that so easily, then you two were really never meant to be," you say. You know in your heart of hearts this is going to scar Elizabeth forever and you feel guilty, but your place is not to question Will's decision.

"Thank you, (you), you've helped me, I'm sorry for any pain I've caused," he says and walks to where Anna-Maria and Elizabeth are.

A while later, you hear Elizabeth's scream of sheer pain.

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You lie in Jack's cabin, his blanket and scent wrapped around you, leaving you with a comforting feeling. Okay, maybe you still feel a bit saddened by the way Elizabeth had raced to you and grabbed you, sobbing about Will into your shoulder. You were there, of course, whenever she wanted to talk but your outfit couldn't take any more soakings.

Jack walks in and sits next to you, absentmindedly stroking your hair, neither of you speaking, just sitting in comfortable silence.

"Jack" you ask.

"Yes, luv?" he replies. You sit up and look into his eyes.

"What would you say, if I told you, Elizabeth screamed because Will had just broken up with her?" you ask.

"Well, luv, I'd say, why would ye be asking me?" he says.

"Well, they did," you say. Jack looks solemn for a minute.

"Well, that be a shame, they seem so happy together," he says.

"They used to be, but then he fell in love with me and-" you stutter off.

"And your worried that it be your fault they've broken up?" he says with much sensitivity.

"Yes" you say and look down.

"Ye can't control the man's feelings, (you), it's not your fault," he explains. You smile the tiniest smile.

"Thanks Jack" you say. He smiles and kisses you.

"LAND HO!"

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You take a step onto the island and draw in the scent of the mysterious ocean and the dank rocks. Jack pulls you along with him into a cavern. Will and Elizabeth are both on the ship, along with Anna-Maria, who has woken up, and has no clue as to why Will and Elizabeth are not talking to each other.

Both of you enter the cavern, and you take in a deep breath, staggering against Jack. He smiles and holds you up. The cavern is filled to the brims with gold and silver and gems. Jack lets go of you and walks to a section of the gold. He pulls out a long silver necklace, dotted with sapphires and pink sapphires, and places it around your neck, pulling back your hair and latches the fragile antique clasp. Your fingers run across the precious stones and reach out, wrapping themselves around Jack's neck and pulling him into a kiss.

"This is amazing" you breathe out. You take a closer look at everything, noticing the chest that Jack had made you promise not to touch. Curiosity nags at your brain.

"Jack, why can't I touch that chest?" you ask and run your hand across more beautiful opals and rubies.

"That be the chest that'll curse us all" he whispers and loads his arms with as much gold as he can carry.

"I think we can come back" you joke. He smiles. You both bring out as much gold as you can to the ship and head back into the cavern with Will. Will looks at the chest again and Jack nudges him in the ribs, handing him more gold. You gather bunches of the jewels. Sure, the gold is nice and shiny, but the jewels are so much more gorgeous. The way they shine in the moonlight and reflect on your skin is amazing.

"They sure do look good on you, luv," he says, his hand running across your neck where the new necklace rests. Will looks past Jack and into your eyes. You notice a look of sadness reach the edges of his face. All of you head out to the ship again and place all your gatherings in one room. Jack and you continue to make trips to the cavern throughout the day, each time, in the darkness of the cavern, lit only by a candle and the sun light grasping through the crevices, getting more passionate with each kiss. Eventually, you both walk onto the ship and Will notices that neither are you are carrying any treasure and he smirks, shaking his head all the while.

Elizabeth stays in her room throughout the day. You bring her a cup of cold water when you notice her temperature rising. You dab your fingers in the water and splash some across her forehead. She sighs.

"I don't know what's wrong with me, (you), I don't know where it all went wrong, maybe I forced him too fast," she rambles. You sigh.

"Neither do I, Elizabeth, but you have to calm down, it's the stress, soon enough you can go home and relax in Port Royal," you reassure her and listen as she continues her lament. You're sure you would need someone to listen to you too, if Jack were to ever leave you.

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"I'd never leave 'er, Will, not for a soul, not for all the gold in the universe," Jack says as Will sits beside him, now on his third bottle of rum. Jack was only on his second, which was unusual. Will found the thought that maybe something was wrong flashing across his mind.

"Is something wrong, Jack?"

"Nah, nothing, Will, just a bit worried."

"About what?"

"About 'er, mate, worried that me pirate side'll run off on 'er, an I don't want that, Will, I love 'er with all me heart," Jack admits. Will looks over at his pirate friend.

"I'm sure you'd never do it Jack, you're too loyal to do that," Will says, feeling sad. He gets up and grabs two more bottle of rum, placing one in front of Jack and opening the other for himself. This was going to be a long talk.

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A/n: Hope you like, more soon, I apologize again for being so late, I have such a bad case of writer's block again. *sighs* R&R plz. Also, do you think Will and Elizabeth should stay apart, or should I stick them back together?